Word: agente
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...investigators also believe that at least some of those involved in logistical support for the terrorists didn't know the full scope of the plot or were unwitting facilitators. Among the latter, investigators say, is Egyptian-born travel agent Ahmed Badawi of Orlando, Fla., who may have provided the Florida-based hijackers with airline tickets, flight information and hawala services. He was taken into custody Sept. 15 as a material witness but has been released...
...with the other cells," says an investigator. If Atta was in charge, it will mark the first time the FBI has encountered a plot thought to be sponsored by bin Laden in which the leader was killed. Last week several newspapers reported that Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague several months ago. Israeli intelligence tells TIME that it sees no evidence of a bin Laden-Iraq link. Then again, little has been confirmed at this stage, except this: infinite justice could take an eternity...
...Administration argued for a wider response. And even if it doesn't come immediately, Bush's careful but ambitious rhetoric on terror suggests it will one day arrive. There have been intelligence reports that Iraq helped train the hijackers and that one of them met with an Iraqi agent in Europe. Israeli intelligence sources, however, tell TIME they have nothing tying Saddam's regime to the attack. But the mere possibility that Saddam might have been involved got Wolfowitz's juices flowing. The leading advocate within the Administration for a policy of "regime change" in Baghdad, Wolfowitz has been convinced...
...just the bare essentials. "I'm only spending money that I absolutely have to, like for gas and food," says Roxanne Steiny, the operations manager of a Los Angeles e-commerce firm. Some nervous home buyers are backing out of deals just before closing. Michelle Dykstra, a real estate agent in La Jolla, Calif., outside San Diego, has already seen one client walk away before signing for an $850,000 home...
...dozen people. One reason is that the delivery method was crude: cultists dropped plastic bags of sarin (smuggled in lunch boxes and soft-drink containers) on a subway platform and pierced them with umbrella tips. Also the amounts were relatively small. Says Smithson: "Any bozo can make a chemical agent in a beaker, but producing tons and tons is difficult." Aum Shinrikyo tried to make the stuff in bulk, recruiting scientists and spending at least $10 million, but it failed...